November 29, 2007
Medieval music on tap at Mary Gates
The UW Collegium Musicum, an early music ensemble, will present a concert of medieval music in the Commons of Mary Gates Hall on Saturday evening, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. Students from the School of Music will perform liturgical chant from a thousand years ago, along with holiday carols written for Renaissance entertainments. Admission is free, but advance tickets should be requested at the following website: http://depts.washington.edu/muhst/
The Collegium Musicum is directed by Professor JoAnn Taricani of the Division of Music History, who has found that the acoustics of the Commons are ideal for medieval music. “The height of the Commons and the exposed brick, stone, and glass provide an outstanding acoustical space for the performance of chant from the middle ages, providing an effect similar to the resonance in the type of church for which the chant was created,” she said.
Ticket requests will be confirmed via e-mail and tickets will be held at the door.
